Glad to be of service!
"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message | Hi Tom,
|
| First, physically uninstall the dial up modem from your computer
| and move the Network adapter into another slot completely. ;-)
|
| 1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
| programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
| blockers using:
http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
|
| You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
|
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm
|
| 2. Run a virus scan at:
http://housecall.antivirus.com Afterwards
| Download & Run Spybot from:
http://security.kolla.de to find any
| Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your system.
|
| 3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
| / Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
| the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.
|
| 4. Try updating your Temporary Internet Files: In Internet Explorer
| click TOOLS / Internet Options / Delete Files.. (click [OK] on the popup box).
| Next, Click "Clear History", click [OK] and then Exit all Internet Explorer windows.
| * These files should have all been cleared in step 3 anyways.
|
| 5. Click Start / Control Panel /Administrative Tools / Event Viewer /
| Click the Applications listing on the left / in the right pane look for
| yellow or red symbols and doubleclick them to identify the problems.
|
| 6. Run Setup.exe on your Windows 98/Me/XP/2000 CD to reinstall
| Windows over itself without erasing your programs and data. Once
| everything works fine reinstall updates one at a time from:
|
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com test the game after each update.
|
| 7. If you have room on one of your partitions, use it to install another
| clean installation of Windows which you can gradually update with the
| appropriate chipset, video, and sound drivers, as well as Direct X, but
| with no extras including themes, firewalls, antivirus, etc. You may have
| to reinstall the game(s) for use with that partition, but it's well worth it.
|
| 8. If you don't have enough space for step 7 I suggest you at least
| create a new administrators account with no themes, firewall, antivirus,
| or any other software or startup programs installed for that account. If
| this solves the problem, then you should switch over to the new account.
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Jimmy S.
|
| Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| Microsoft Online Tech Support:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| _________________________________________________________
|
| | | i have just recently swithed from a dial-up modum
| | to cable modum. i play on the pogo website- euchre card
| | game and since i have gone to cable modum i can enter
| | the room but when i go to sit at a table or set a table
| | my puter completely shuts down. cable company and
| | microsoft as well as gatewy are baffled any help out
| | there thanks
|
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